REPTILE GALLERY. 
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specimen in this gallery is the model of the skeleton of the 
gigantic extinct ISTorth American land Eeptile known as Dip- 
lodocus carnegii, which measures over eighty feet in length. 
It was presented by Mr. A. Carnegie in 1905. 
The Crocodiles and their extinct relatives occupy the cases 
on the left of the entrance from the Bird gallery and also 
a stand in the middle of the gallery ; among them 
may be specially noticed the Indian Gharial, of which both 
the skeleton and skin are exhibited. The two small cases 
on each side of the west doorway are occupied by extinct forms 
and the peculiar Tuatera Lizard of I^ew Zealand. At the south 
end of the east side are arranged the Turtles and Tortoises, 
including examples of the Giant Tortoises of the Galapagos and 
Fig. 25. — The Saddle-backed Giant Tortoise (Testudo cibingdoni), 
OF Abingdon Island, Galapagos Group. 
Mascarene Islands (fig. 25). Opposite the Turtles and Tortoises 
are the Snakes, among which the two large Pythons, coloured to 
nature, form attractive exhibits. Extinct groups occupy the 
two small cases on each side of the east door. Beyond these 
come the Lizards, which occupy the cases opposite the Croco- 
diles. The fine series of Old World Monitor Lizards and 
American Iguanas are specially noteworthy. Casts of remains 
of the extinct marine Ichthyosaurs and Plesiosaurs are shown 
in the small cases on the sides of the doorway in the east wall. 
In the Eeptile gallery is placed a large table- case Amphibians 
containing a selection of the more important forms of 
Amphibians, which are divided into such as possess a tail : 
Salamanders and Newts; and into those without tails: Frogs 
V Salamanders 
and Frogs ). 
